पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 28, 2009 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra303.30°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.03°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha268.80°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra330.59°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani146.92°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

☀️ Paris, France — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+1)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:26 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:04 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:14 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:25 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:12 – 07:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:40 – 08:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:04 – 14:13
Yamaganda09:36 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla11:54 – 13:04
Varjyam08:49 – 09:04
Dur Muhūrta 10:36 – 10:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:26 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:36 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:45 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:54 – 13:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga13:04 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:13 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:22 – 16:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:32 – 17:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:41 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:32 – 21:22 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:22 – 23:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:13 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla01:04 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:54 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:45 – 06:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:36 – 08:26 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 48.8566°
Longitude: 2.3522°
Timezone: UTC+1

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866394.27 · 5110.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454859.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9798° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.9798°) · declination -18.20° · EoT -12.97 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2009-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)